Maytag CMV1100AA manual Timed Cooking MEATS, Poultry and Fish Preparation, Checking Doneness

TIMED COOKING - MEATS, POULTRY AND FISH

PREPARATION

•Use a microwave-safe dish.

•Defrost frozen food completely,

•Wash poultry and fish in cool water,

•Arrange small items in a single layer in dish, avoid overlapping edges of food.

•Place thick sections toward edge of the dish.

•Use a rack in the dish to elevate meat out of the juices.

•Use spices and seasonings as desired.

CHECKING DONENESS

Beef:The color of the meat, on the inside, indicates doneness. Rare roast should be red inside. Medium is pink and gray indicates well done.

Pork: Cooked pork meat should be gray with clear juice.

Poultry: Juices should be clear yellow when cooked. Legs should move freely.

Fishand Seafood:Should be opaque

in color and flake easily.

•Add salt after cooking, if necessary,

•Aluminum foil can be used to cover thin parts of meat or poultry wings and legs to prevent overcooking,

•Foil should be applied toward the end of cooking time.

•Place meat fat side down to start cooking. Turn fat side up half way through cooking time.

COOKING

•Use wax paper or plasticwrap to stop splattering.

•Turn over or rearrange meat, poultry and fish halfway through

cooking time.

To check internal temperature of

various meats and poultry, use a microwave or conventional meat

thermometer after removing meat from the oven. Insert the thermometer, avoiding bone or fat. Lower temperatures are found in the center of the roast or in the muscle close to a large bone, Never

usea conventional meat thermometer in the microwaveoven.

(See pg. 24).

Return undercooked food to oven for a short period of time at the

recommended power level. Let stand as recommended in chart,

Cover roasts and whole poultry during stand time.

Food	Power	Cooking	Standing	SpecialNotes
		Time	Time
Beef				Placein a shallow dish
4 oz each				and coverlooselywith
Hamburgers,				wax paper.Turnover
refrigerated 2	P100	2 - 4 rain.	2 rain.	halfway through
4	P10O	4 - 6 rain.	2 rain.	cooking.
Hamburgers,frozen	P100	4 - 6 rain.	3 rain.	Defrostfrozen patties
2
4	P100	7 - 9 rain.	3 min,	just enoughto easily
				separate.Turn over
				halfway through
				cooking.
Roasts,tender				Coverwith wax paper.
lib	P50	10-13rain.	10-15min,	Shield halfway through
				cooking andturn roast
				over if necessary.Stand
				tentedwith foil.

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